After the World War II Japan was devastated on the two most crucial fronts that made it one of the major world powers – economic and military. There was widespread poverty, disdain and depression amongst her people. However, this bleak period did not last long. In fact, within just five years of its destruction...
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A lot has been written, discussed and debated on the conviction and the subsequent sentencing to life imprisonment of Dr Binayak Sen on charges of sedition. The case got such attention that vigils and protests were held demanding his release even in many Western countries. Nobel laureates, Amnesty International, Left-Lib jholawallahs and India’s...
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The second half of 2010 saw some great online debates, fights and rants on an individual’s right of expression and limits to it, much fueled by Arundhati Roy’s controversial essay in Outlook on the Maoist insurgents followed by her even more controversial speech supporting Kashmir separatists that prompted some people to file a case...
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Recently, the Supreme Court of India dismissed Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea that the life term awarded to Dara Singh for leading a mob that burnt alive Australian Christian missionary Dr Graham Staines (58) and his two sons Philip (10) and Timothy (6) on Jan 22, 1999 by the Orissa High Court be...
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